First Things First, FIND YOUR FIT
📌More often, we end up lose in the maze because either we are unfit or misfit, for whatever reason. The failure rate is quite evenly spread those who aimed big and fell off big time and those who were unexpectedly pushed into a situation because an opportunity arises in the organization. Unfortunately, as per a 2018 McKinsey Report [https://hbr.org/2020/02/how-to-succeed-when-you-have-big-shoes-to-fill], nearly half of all leadership transitions do fail.Setting your goals and expectations as high as the speedometer goes is very much laudable but the bigger question is the capability of your engine even when it goes full throttle. And this is where John Rampton shares his formula @ https://www.forbes.com/sites/johnrampton/2017/11/07/a-5-step-formula-to-find-your-niche/?sh=26cb706748fc for you to find your niche. And even after you seem to have found your niche, narrow it down further, e.g. if youfelt 'freelance writing' is your niche but if that seems a wide gaping hole, you can narrow it down further. And once you have narrowed it down, do validate it by looking at the market, at the competition. Don't go helter-skelter for that mad rush to the gates unless you have closed this loop.
Take Gordon Tredgold's piece @ https://www.inc.com/gordon-tredgold/secret-to-success-aim-high-start-small-and-keep-going.html wherein he says, it's just fine to 'AIM HIGH' but do 'START SMALL'. Thereafter, 'KEEP GOING' and never lose focus. Lesser spirits will evaporate in thin air after getting hit 'black and blue' by failures after failures until a stampede happens. There's one hole out there where many us did fall off. Many times we aimed low. Then, lo and behold, we hit our mark. Then, we start singing hosanna. patting our backs, beating our chests. Problem is that gives us the false appreciation that we have achieved a milestone success because frankly, while you did hit your mark, it was so damn low, it hardly scratches the surface. Let's keep grinding and grinding, folks.📌
